NEW YORK -- The musical "In the Heights" and play "August: Osage County," with 13 and seven nominations respectively, lead the pack of new works vying for the 63rd annual Tony Awards, honoring 2007-2008 Broadway attractions.

Revivals of "South Pacific" "Sunday in the Park with George" and "Gypsy" also racked up abundant nominations: "South Pacific" with 11, "Sunday" with nine and "Gypsy" with seven.

"Passing Strange," "Xanadu" and the freshly opened "Cry-Baby" are others comprising the new musical category, along with "In the Heights.

Already a Pulitzer winner, "August: Osage County" is the only American drama among four nominated for best play. The others are British: "Rock 'n' Roll," "The Seafarer" and "The 39 Steps."

Among shows left in the cold are starry revivals of "The Country Girl" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Two lavish but critically-dismissed musicals, Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" and the Disney attraction "The Little Mermaid" were waved off with only three and two respective nominations, each for performances and design, although "The Little Mermaid" score is in the running.

Patti LuPone, Laurence Fishburne, Patrick Stewart, Andrea Martin and Tom Wopat are among the best known performers up for potential awards.

The honors were announced by David Hyde Pierce and Sara Ramirez this morning at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Ballots covering 26 competitive categories will be mailed to 795 voters this week.

"The Tony is the primo theater award in the English speaking language," says Patrick Stewart, "very gratified" over receiving his first-ever nomination for playing the title role of "Macbeth." "So for an English actor, this nomination as satisfying as anything could be."

Stewart is also pleased his co-star Kate Fleetwood received a nod in her New York debut as Lady Macbeth.

The June 15 Tonys ceremony will be broadcast live via CBS from Radio City Music Hall.